" Mother look. I have returned in great glory"

A young woman , framed by thick red hair came running up the court to greet the older woman who sat at the head of a large table. Before she reached she was snatched into the air by another woman much larger than her and slammed to the floor.

" Kaya you cheat!" The little red head exclaimed.

" What have I always..." however before the bigger woman was finished she was flipped over and the fire haired girl sat on her back. " Ha! I win now take me for a ride !"

The woman at the head of the table looked on as the two tousled and ramped in the middle of the court. Others soon gathered and began to cheer . Little red may have been smaller than everyone else but she was a fighter nonetheless. She shouted, groaned and held on tight as she rode the other woman's back. Not a day went by when she wasn't picking a fight with someone and they all seemed to enjoy humoring her.

It was simpler times. News of their existence had not spread yet and it would be years before these great women would meet their end. At this point little red was thrown into the air , a gasp escaped the crowds lips as she had been thrown in a such an odd way. Perhaps fearing she would not regain herself in time before she was caught by strong hands. Cheers rang out again , she open her eyes then and stared into the face of her mother. A faint smile on her lips.

" Mother I...." she trailed off then. Noticing something wrong in the woman's expression. Her eyes had grown darker, deep and felt herself being pulled into them . At first she did nothing , for these were Mother's arms but soon she began to struggle. Those eyes did not belong to her mother but they locked her gaze and she could not look away . She fought relentlessly and when she was almost sucked in she jumped up.

Evelle lay sprawled on the bed of her suite. Three days had passed since they boarded the beast home. She rose quickly , her eyes frantic and her fangs drawn . She looked down and saw there were no arms holding her, there were no eyes controlling her , she was dreaming? Vampires don't dream however and she knew it was a memory. Few memories of her time before she was changed was all she had left but this one was new . Though she had not seen her mother's face in centuries , she could never forget, but those eyes, those eyes were also new. She knew who they belonged too and calmed herself as she remembered how they felt as they looked upon her.

A few things had been made very clear to her in that moment on the bed. She had talked more in the last seven days than she ever had in the last few centuries, her irritation and hunger had grown exponentially , insatiable and what she thought were the reasons up until this point were wrong. She no longer wished to hold back under that cold and icy demeanor she had adopted and her hunger was insatiable because sex was no longer the answer. At least the sex she had up until now. Upon the arrival of Loris and Skye , her condition while locked up had eased . She slowly exited the mental cocoon she had wrapped herself wherein she had unconsciously buried those memories of her past.

It was strange , for it almost seemed that she had forgotten who she was and became someone new, someone reserved who only ever spoke to her left and right . Those days that followed she was released from her prison and given new life outside. Under the bitch, her commands she followed without question . However , that night they approached the deserted town she knew deep down something was amiss. It must be his fault! Those deep, dark eyes seemed to see right through her. Able to tell exactly who and what she was. They also kindled a part of her long since lost and she mistakenly thought she had adopted some new perversion for the man child.

Still sprawled on the bed , she rose and almost glided to the window. Parting the curtain she saw it was night time now. Ignoring that ache she felt below she swiftly dressed , pulling a thin dress made of silk over her naked body and exited the room. The ship was quiet now. The human slaves under their command to ferry the beast during the day were now in a deep slumber.

She walked endlessly, her mind empty , her feet moving on their own until her vision finally returned and she saw where they had taken her. When they boarded the first night , Skye had ordered for their prisoner to be taken and guarded in the furthest hold of the ship. Evelle had looked on as they scurried him away , her eye boring holes into his back and right before his head disappeared below he flashed a look that left her stunned. It looked almost as if he knew she would come seek him out later and now here she was right outside the door . She heard his calm breath and steady heart from behind and found herself frozen on what to do next . She had already unconsciously sought him out , it was too late to turn back . Too late for who!!! She spun in that moment and prepared to saunter off before she heard a faint chuckle. She frozen again . Her head slowly turned around and stared at the door.

Chains dropped on the floor and dragged as they approached the door. It stopped for a moment before she heard a deep muffled voice say " if you've come to kill me you'll only be doing me a favor , I've tried endlessly to take my life while trapped...." the voice was cut off as the door before it was flung open.

Before him stood the tall beauty who had freed him a few days ago. They stood there in silence , there eyes locked together. Before he could say another word the door was slammed shut behind her and she walked up to him, a strange look on her face, almost as if she was asking herself what she was doing here and who had he thought came.He took this time to briefly scan her, his eyes barely releasing her gaze before she was right upon and then said " you've come so scantily dressed , I'm almost honored " . His lips curved and the heat from his eyes very apparent.

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Only the did she remember , she had not taken the time to don any undergarments and the thin material exposed every inch , every curve and her now hard nipples protruding outwards from the cold. Cold? Vampires don't get cold!? Yet it was the only explanation for her erect nipples. Never in a million years could she be aroused by this pubescent body of this man child . She moved to cover herself more but he also moved in that moment approaching her rather quickly. She stood, unable to move and watched as he closed the distance between them.

Fear? Shock? Vampires did not feel these things!!!! She thought, but yet here she was stricken with fear , her eyes widening and if she had a heart it would be pounding out of her chest . She closed her eyes and waited until she felt a light touch on her chest. She heard chains clink together before finally dropping again to the floor. She blinked her eyes open and he stood a distance away again , his eyes looking off to the side before he said " I'll only touch you when you want me too".

She stood there gaping at him . When I want him too!!!!!! She opened her mouth to retort that she would never before he looked at her again , that look that pulled on her and said " Only when you beg me too" and then glanced down again at her chest. She swiftly covered self with her hands and fixed her dress. If steam could come out her ears it would fill the room, she balled her hands into fists, her mouth opened and closed like a fish before she spun around to leave unable to respond to him when she heard " Wait!"

She looked back before she realized and he stood there , an innocent expression on his face . His hands in prayer before her " Won't you keep me company for a bit". She finally observed her surroundings and realized he was locked in a storage room at the back of the beast. He was alone in here and perhaps he teased her for only his entertainment . She calmed her nerves and gathered herself, scolding as well, who was this child to have her so rattled. She completely turned around and nodded. He smiled and dropped his hands.

" ....."

"...."

"..... Name" clearing her throat suddenly .

" Huh?"

" Do you have a name?!" Instantly heated again. He laughed this time but quickly returned serious before looking at her " Dunno..." he said flatly. She didn't press further and walked to the nearby table playing with something in her hands.

" How long have you been in there ?"

".... Long enough".

"You remember nothing?" Time passed before he finally said " I remember somethings not everything , mostly that magician guy and that he and I had some sort of relationship ". She continued to play with the thing in her hands. Strangely within those moments she had dropped her guard and not realized or heard that he had approached her from behind and was now right upon now. She turned around to ask him another question and they were now sharing the same space. His head the same height as her ample chest. The movement had allowed her dress to slightly open and he was now staring at her . Again she froze. This unnatural reaction. She never froze. She never let her guard down . She never did a lot of things but yet here she was , dressed thinly with easy access to her chest , in a room holding a prisoner whom she sought out frozen beneath his gaze. He leaned into her now, closing off any space between them eyes closed, his mouth open and closing down on one of her nipples. Her eyes widening as she could only look on before the door behind them was flung open.

With lightning speed she returned him to his chair and appeared before the one in front the door almost as if nothing had happened. Skye had come searching for her and realized she had come this way.

" My lady what are you doing here?"

"I came to question the prisoner on his situation ". She said calmly having returned to that chilly facade they came to know.

" Dressed like that?" He asked as he removed his coat and draped it on her shoulders. He looked across at the the man child now sitting on the chair , legs crossed and looking off to the side.

" He remembers nothing" ignoring the initial question " Let us return". Leading Skye outside she looked back for a minute and saw the man child was now looking beyond her, a cold look on his face. She turned around to look at Skye and saw the same smile he would greet her with everyday. She quickly closed the door and followed him up the stairs. What was that just now. Was he really going too.... she closed her eyes and thought back. What was even more shocking was she didn't try to stop him. It was almost as if she wanted him too secretly. She shook her head. Impossible . Not only was he a prisoner she just freed him from another prison and knew nothing of him . He didn't even know himself how could she want something so....soooo. She shook her head again. Not only had she wanted him to do it , she didn't want to rip his chest out and drink in his blood either . It wasn't a vicious yearning. She had not wanted to rip his clothes off and risk the boat to ease any suffering. No. In that moment she wanted him to hold her in this small arms and do what he wanted to her.

She had to go back. Somehow she had to get back into the room again. This feeling would not shake. However she would need to sneak now to not be discovered. She could never be caught and have to explain to anyone that she was there to make love.

With just those two words her fangs slid out and images of their bodies pressed against each other invaded her mind. She waved them away as if they materialized in front of her and bumped into Skye who was now in front her door.

"My lady do you ..." "No" she cut him off. " I'm fine actually and I wish to be alone" . She closed the door in his face and dropped down on the bed. Raising again she steeled herself. Not only must she return to the hold she would do so again in the daytime when the other vampires were locked away. She determined it was worth the risk and dropped back down again and bided her time counting down the hours till daybreak.